Buildings: Fire Prevention

(asked on 2nd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is his Department's policy that all high-risk buildings should contain fire safety corridors equipped with fire-resistant material.


Answered by
Christopher Pincher Portrait
Christopher Pincher
This question was answered on 5th March 2020

The Government does not specify which materials or approaches to construction should be used to meet the requirements of the building regulations, as a prescriptive approach would limit the ability for innovation.

Developers and designers should use the guidance in Approved Document B to decide whether fire resistant glazing or fire resistant material in corridors could be used to meet the requirements of the regulations in the construction of buildings.

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